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MUSIC REVIEW: Gwen Stefani
- By Rob O'connor
- Posted January 25, 2007
The Sweet Escape Interscope Music •• Sound •• With five producers spread among 12 tracks, Gwen Stefani looked to diversify on <
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MUSIC REVIEW: Yusuf [Cat Stevens]
- By Brett Milano
- Posted January 25, 2007
An Other Cup Ya/Atlantic Music ••• Sound •••• This long-promised comeback sounds exactly like what it is: the follow-up to 1978
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MUSIC REVIEW: Nellie McKay
- By Billy Altman
- Posted January 6, 2007
Pretty Little Head Hungry Mouse Music ••• Sound •••• When she debuted in 2004 with the double CD Get Away from Me, Nel
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Concerts Go High-Def

First music titles on BD and HD DVD: U2, John Legend, The Band, Legends of Jazz, Pat Metheny Group, Black Crowes, Toto, Elvis Costello, Alice Cooper
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted January 4, 2007
BLACK IS BLACK. True, but you won't believe how deep it goes on the high-def reissues of U2's 1988 concert pic Rattle and Hum (Paramount; Movie •••••; Blu-ray Disc Picture ••••, Sound ••••; HD DVD Picture ••••, Sound ••••½; Original Extras ½, New Extras: None).

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Music Review: The Hold Steady
- By Steve Simels
- Posted January 4, 2007
Boys and Girls in America Vagrant Music •••½ Sound •••• Wonder what a rock bar band sounds like in the early 21st ce
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Music: Who'da Thunk!

The newest release by The Who
- By Parke Puterbaugh
- Posted January 4, 2007
Universal/Republic Endless Wire Music •••½ Sound ••• Live at Lyon (Bonus DVD) Show ••••½ Pi
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Music Review: Beck
- By Rob O'connor
- Posted January 4, 2007
The Information Interscope Music •••• Sound •••• Beck recycles everything (his beats, his raps), and that includes his sonics,
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Music Review: The Decemberists
- By Brett Milano
- Posted January 4, 2007
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Music Review: Jet
- By Brett Milano
- Posted January 4, 2007
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Music: Work Du Fab Four

For the benefit of Beatle fans, here we have some picks (one pan), with apple scores
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted December 4, 2006
THE BEATLES: Love (Apple/Capitol). Mashups from the Cirque du Soleil show. Unavailable at press time, but billed as "first Beatles album in 5.1": CD+DVD-Audio!

JOHN: The U.S. vs. John Lennon (Capitol; 4-½ stars). Edgy songs from the doc. Also out: Give Peace a Song (Hip-O DVD), Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire (Capitol CD).

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Music: Top of the Pop in '06
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted December 4, 2006
Think nobody writes and plays like the Fab Four anymore? Take that thought and let it be, 'cuz there's plenty of great pop here, there, and ... you know. You should know that 2006 has had more than its share of great releases.

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MUSIC REVIEW: Evanescence
- By Brett Milano
- Posted December 4, 2006
The Open Door Wind-up Music •••½ Sound •••½ Now that Amy Lee is a big star, she gets to write a nasty son
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